Assume that you are 30 years old? today, and that you are planning on retirement at age 65. Your current salary is? $45,000 and you expect your salary to increase at a rate of? 5% per year as long as you work. To save for your? retirement, you plan on making annual contributions to a retirement account. Your first contribution will be made on your 31st birthday and will be? 8% of this? year's salary. ? Likewise, you expect to deposit? 8% of your salary each year until you reach age 65. Assume that the rate of interest is? 7%.
The present value? (at age? 30) of your retirement savings is closest? to:
A. ?$87,000
B.? $46,600
C. ?$108,000
D. ?$75,230